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Cats and dogs detox diet
I plan on making food for my pets that will be as low in vA as possible. Anyone do this? If so did your pets have noticable detox symptoms?
After reading Grant’s books I immediately switched my dog to a no VA diet. In the last year he has developed hot spots which were driving him mad.
I’m currently feeding him regular ground beef (cooked) with white rice and some potato. I want to add some ground up eggshells but I need to source farm eggs. Store bought eggs have a spray on them that’s not good for the animal or so I’ve heard.
He is doing much better now, in just over 2 weeks on the diet. Just one spot currently as opposed to 5 or 6 just a few weeks ago.
I feel horrible that for years I fed him a homemade diet of liver and sweet potatoes thinking is was so full of nutrients.
I should add that the difference in his energy level has been quite remarkable!
Hi, I am not the same Guest as the two replies above.
Few weeks ago a guy I know was very sad about his dog having eczema-like skin. The dog had a host of other diseases, plus doctors suspected diabetes as well. I asked to see the dogfood he was giving the dog. ‘Oh that is best dogfood you can get... lamb flavor, for ultrasensitive dogs...’ etc.. well, would you guess what I found amongst the Additives in the ingredient list. Yes... and 100’000 IU per 100mg!
I told him to stop feeding this brand and switch to no vit A. I have no idea if he actually did, might ask later.
But have you noticed that in the past decade or two, dogs have developed human diseases. There is a separate treatment center for EPILEPTIC dog not far from where I live.... it all makes sense now. Before these dogfoods, especially the dry ones, dogs just ate the leftover human food plus bones and other stuff that butchers could not sell. I would be hardpressed to remember one single dog with chronic disease in my childhood.
I asked a vet about this and he said early in his practice the majority of dogs admitted to him were trauma related, like accidents and such... now it is tumors, diabetes, rashes, epilepsy, mental symptoms, etc...
Quote from Guest on November 19, 2018, 10:09 amHi, I am not the same Guest as the two replies above.
Few weeks ago a guy I know was very sad about his dog having eczema-like skin. The dog had a host of other diseases, plus doctors suspected diabetes as well. I asked to see the dogfood he was giving the dog. ‘Oh that is best dogfood you can get... lamb flavor, for ultrasensitive dogs...’ etc.. well, would you guess what I found amongst the Additives in the ingredient list. Yes... and 100’000 IU per 100mg!
I told him to stop feeding this brand and switch to no vit A. I have no idea if he actually did, might ask later.
But have you noticed that in the past decade or two, dogs have developed human diseases. There is a separate treatment center for EPILEPTIC dog not far from where I live.... it all makes sense now. Before these dogfoods, especially the dry ones, dogs just ate the leftover human food plus bones and other stuff that butchers could not sell. I would be hardpressed to remember one single dog with chronic disease in my childhood.
I asked a vet about this and he said early in his practice the majority of dogs admitted to him were trauma related, like accidents and such... now it is tumors, diabetes, rashes, epilepsy, mental symptoms, etc...
Thanks for this information. I wonder if it’s even possible to buy a dog food without vitamin A? I’m going to look and see what I can find.
So far it's looking bleak on the commercial dog food front. I found one soft dog food that didn't have any added vitamins but it almost seems better to make your own. My dog mostly eats whatever I eat so lots of bison, beef and rice. The funny thing was one homemade dog food recipe I found has ground beef and rice as the main ingredients! It called for hard boiled eggs as well with the shell on but if I make it I'll probably just use ground eggshells.
Tonight I just made an impromptu dog food with some leftover beef rib meat, rice, gelatin and ground eggshells. My little guy absolutely loved it! I think I might just start doing this with whatever leftover meat I have every week.
The little guy will thank you for it 🙂
It seems like my dogs coat has already improved after only two weeks. He’s been eating mostly homemade dog food with leftover meat, rice, gelatin and ground eggshell. He has always eaten mostly leftovers though so his vitamin A intake probably decreased about the time mine did. The biggest difference in the last two weeks is the addition of gelatin and eggshell calcium to the food I give him and a huge reduction in the amount of commercial dog food he eats.
I feed ground beef rice and bone broth. I have also added in hemp seeds but not sure if I will continue with that. Don't know what the VA content is, does anyone else know?